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unfavorable

adjective

Synonyms and Antonyms of unfavorable

opposed to one's interests

the company chose to accept the unfavorable settlement rather than spend more money on legal fees

Synonyms of unfavorable

adverse, counter, disadvantageous, hostile, inimical, negative, prejudicial, unfriendly, unsympathetic, untoward

Words Related to unfavorable

bad, baleful, baneful, evil

damaging, deleterious, destructive, detrimental, fatal, harmful, hurtful, ill, injurious, lethal, malignant, murderous, noxious, pernicious, poisonous, ruinous, threatening, troublesome, unhealthy, wounding

dangerous, hazardous, imperiling (or imperilling), jeopardizing, parlous, perilous, risky, unsafe

calumnious, defamatory, detractive, offensive, scathing, slanderous

antagonistic, antipathetic, inhospitable, intolerant, uncongenial, uncooperative

competing, conflicting, counteracting, countering, opposing, resistant, resisting

Near Antonyms of unfavorable

beneficial, good, helpful, propitious, useful

harmless, innocent, innocuous, inoffensive, nondestructive, nonfatal, nonlethal, nonthreatening

tolerant, understanding

affable, agreeable, amiable, amicable, benign, benignant, complying, congenial, cordial, friendly, hospitable

Antonyms of unfavorable

advantageous, favorable, friendly, positive, supportive, sympathetic, well-disposed

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